unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds. Judges xx, 19. And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah. ITS RESULT. Judges xxi, 2, 3, 5--9, 15, 17. And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel? And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death. And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day: How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD, that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there. And the people repented them for Benjamin, beCause that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. Num. xxi, 1. And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt In the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies, then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. Num. xxxi, 9--12. And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. And the took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho. Josh. vill, 23. And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. 1 Sam. xxx, 2, 3. And had taken the women captives that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burnt their sons, and their daughters. with fire; and their wives, and were taken captives. 2 Sam. vill, 4. And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariothorses, but reserved of them for an bundred chariots. sackcloth on their lofus, and p ropes on their heads, and cam to the king of Israel, and said Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, 1 pray thee, let me live. And he said, I he yet alive? he is my brother. Now the men did diligently ob serve whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy bro Go ye, bring him. ther Ben-hadad. Then he said, Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he cansed him to come up into the chariot. 2 Kings vi, 21--23. And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them shall I smite them? And he answered, Thou thou smite those whom thou bast shalt not smite them: wouldest with thy bow? set bread and wataken captive with thy sword and 1 Chron. xviii, 4. And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot-ter men: David also boughed all the chariot-horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots. 2 Chron. xxviti, 8. And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. Jer. x, 17. Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. Jer. xll, 10. Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Abikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites. Jer. xlviii, 46. Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth; for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters cap tives. Jer. 1, 3. For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. Amos i, 15. And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD. SOMETIMES KINDLY TREATED. 1 Kings xx, 31-33. And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; peradventure he will save thy life. So they girded before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. 2 Chron. xxviii, 10-15. And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bond-men and bond-women unte you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God? Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren; for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you. Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, BereChiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war, And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass; for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were nake i among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointof them upon asses, and brought ed them, and carried all the feeble them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria. for whereas we have offended Ps. cvi, 46. He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. Isa. xlix, 24, 25. Shall the prey 1 be taken from the mighty, or the SOMETIMES TREATED WITH Joshua x, 16-18, 22-25. But these Judges vill, 16. And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness, and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth. 1 Chron. XX, 3. And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron and with axes: even 80 dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. Jer. xxxix, 7. Moreover, he put out Zedekial's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. Jer. lii, 9--11. Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah, in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him. And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. AND PUT TO DEATH. and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, it. Israel committed a trespass in the the LORD, but didst fly upon the didst thou not obey the voice of 1 Sam. xv, 19. Wherefore then spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD? and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy Jer. xv, 18. Thy substance borders. the field, I will give thy substance went, he and the six hundred kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebu- thousand left alive did the chil- Babylon slew the sons of Zede- BOOTY OFTEN REFERRED their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves Their tents and their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they every side. Arise, get you up unto shall cry unto them, Fear is on without care, saith the LORD, the wealthy nation, that dwelleth which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. their camels shall be a booty, and And the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost calamity from all sides thereof, corners; and I will bring their saith the LORD. a spoil: all that spoil her shall be Then the the captain of the guard, took Jer. lil, 26, 27. So Nebuzar-adan, them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. And the king of Babylon sunote them, heaven and the earth, and all that Jer. li, 48, 53--56. and put them to death in Riblah, is therein, shall sing for Babylon: Judah was carried away captive her from the north, saith the in the land of Hamath. out of his own land. Thus for the spoilers shall come unto LORD. Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the tion from the land of the ChalLORD. from Babylon, and great destruc A sound of a cry cometh deans: Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great uttered: Because the spoiler is waters, a noise of their voice is bylon, and her mighty men are come upon her, even upon Bataken; every one of their bows is And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt wise keep yourselves from the ac- broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite. Ezek. xxix, 19, 20. Therefore thus saith the Lord GoD, Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD. their sheep, and their oxen; and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives, took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. Num. xxxl, 32-34, 36, 42-46. And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand, and five thousand sheep, And three score and twelve thousand beeves, And threescore and one thousand asses. And the half, which was the portion of them that went to war, was in number three hundred thousand, and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep; And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred, (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, And thirty and six thousand beeves, And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, And sixteen thousand persons.) Ezek. xxxviii, 11--13. And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling with-out out walls, and having neither bars nor gates, To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited,and upon thepeople that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? Nahum ii, 9. Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. Hab. ii, 7. Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? Zeph. i, 18. Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof. Zech. ii. 9. For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me. Zech. xiv, 1. Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. Mark iii, 27. No man can enter into a strong mau's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house. OFTEN GREAT. Gen. xiv, 11. And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. Gen. xxxiv, 28 29. They took Deut. ii, 35. Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. Deut. ili, 7. But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. Josh. viii, 27. Only the cattle, and the spoil of that city, Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the which he commended LORD, Joshua. 1 Sam. xiii, 17. And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophral, unto the land of Shual. 1 Sam. xv, 9. But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them; but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. 1 Sam. xvii, 53. And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. 1 Sam. xxx, 20. And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. 2 Sam. iii, 22. And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. 2 Sam: vill, 8. And from Betah, and from Berothai,cities of Hadad ezer, king David took exceeding much brass. 2 Kings vii, & And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent and did eat and drink and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it. 1 Chron. v, 21. And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand. 1 Chron, xx, 2. And David took the crown of their king from oft his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and be brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city. 2 Chron. xiv, 14. And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. 2 Chron. xx, 25. And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in aburance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, (which they stripped off for themselves,) more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was sc much. Isa. xxi, 2. A grievous vision is declared unto me, the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler speileth. Go up, O Elan: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease." Micah il, 8 Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war. ITS DISTRIBUTION. Gen. xiv, 21. And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. Num. xxxi, 53. (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) Josh. xxii, 8. And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much ralment: divide the spoil of your Buemies with your brethren. neither 1 Sam. xxx, 18, 19, 21-25. And David recovered all that the Amalekites hal carried away; and David rescued his two wives. And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all. And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor, and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them. Then answered all the wicked men, and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart. Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. Aud It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this Ps. lxviii, 12. Kings of armies peaceably even upon the fattest He shall enter places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers fathers; he shall scatter among have not done, nor his fathers' them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. Amos v, 9. That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall coine against the fortress. Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah | kingofJudah three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold. Riblah, in the land of Hamath, 2 Kings xxili, 33. And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. 2 Chron. xvii, 11. Also some of phat presents, and tribute silver the Philistines brought Jehoshaand the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he-goats, also with the king of the Ammon2 Chron. xxvil, 5. He fought ites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did him, both the second year and the the children of Ammon pay unto third. the ruler of the land from Sela to 6th. TREATIES AND PROPOSALS And when Josh. xxii, 30--33. Phinehas the priest, and the heads of the thousands of Israel princes of the congregation, and which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuit pleased them. And Phinehas ben, and the children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh spake, the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and children of Manasseh, This day to the children of Gad, and to the among us, because we have not we perceive that the LORD is committed this trespass against the children of Israel out of the the LORD: now ye have delivered hand of the LORD. And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, children of Gad, out of the land of to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben andGad dwelt. 2 Kings xviii, 14. And Heze-to klah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of And Jephthah sent messengers Judges xi, 14, 15, 21-23, 25-28 again unto the king of the chil 757 dren of Ammon, And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah. Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon: And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, possessed all the land of the Amoand they smote them: so Israel rites, the inhabitants of that the coasts of the Amorites, from from the wilderness even unto Arnon even unto Jabbok, and country. And they possessed all Jordan. So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess better than Balak the son of Zipit? And now art thou any thing por king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer, and her ever fight against them, While towns, and in all the cities that be three hundred years, why there along by the coasts of Arnon, not sinned against thee, but thou in that time? Wherefore I have fore did ye not recover them withdoest me wrong to war against me: the Lord the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Amnot unto the words of Jephthah mon. Howbeit the king of the which he sent him. children of Ammon hearkened 1 Kings xx, 5-9. And the messengers came again, and said, Although I have sent unto thee, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy and thy children; Yet I will send my servants unto thee to-morrow of thy servants; and it shall be, about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their elders of the land, and said, Mark, hand, and take it away. Then I pray you, and see how this man the king of Israel called all the seeketh mischief: for he sent unto dren, and for my silver, and for me for my wives, and for my chilmy gold; and I denied him not. And all the elders, and all the people, said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent. Whereof Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the fore he said unto the messengers king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again. TREATIES VIOLATED. between me and thee, and be1 Kings xv, 19. There is a league behold, I have sent unto thee a tween my father and thy father; present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. Daniel xi, 23. And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. Amos i, 9. Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole cap tivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant. Obad. 7. All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him. AMBASSADORS. LEAGUE WITH THE GIBEONITES. Josh. ix, 1-4, 6-9,11. And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and Josh. xxii, 12-15. And when the the Amorite, the Canaanite, the children of Israel heard of it, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jewhole congregation of the chil-busite, heard thereof, That they dren of Israel gathered themselves gathered themselves together, to together at Shiloh, to go up to fight with Joshua and with Israel, war against them. And the with one accord. And when the children of Israel sent unto the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what children of Reuben, and to the Joshua had done unto Jericho, children of Gad, and to the half and to Ai, They did work wilily, tribe of Manasseh, into the and went and made as if they had land of Gilead, Phinehas the been ambassadors, and took old son of Eleazar the priest, And sacks upon their asses, and winewith him ten princes, of each bottles, old, and rent, and bound chief house a prince throughout up; And they went to Joshua unto all the tribes of Israel; and each the camp at Gilgal, and said unto one was an head of the house him, aud to the men of Israel, We of their fathers among the thou- be come from a far country: now sands of Israel. And they came therefore make ye a league with unto the children of Reuben, and us. And the men of Israel said to the children of Gad, and to the unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye half-tribe of Manasseh, unto the dwell among us; and how shall we land of Gilead, and they spake make a league with you? And with them, saying. they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye? And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, Wherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our country, spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us. Judges xx, 12. And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? Judges xxi, 12, 13. And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh gilcad four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them!" Josh. x, 6. And the men of Glbeon sent unto Joshua to the And the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not 1 Kings xx, 17, 18. young men of the princes of the thy hand from thy servants; come provinces went out first: and Ben-up to us quickly, and save us, and hadad sent out, and they told him, help us: for all the kings of the saying, There are men come out Amorites, that dwell in the mountains, are gathered together of Samaria. And he said, Whether they be come out for against us. peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. (See also under ARMY, ARMS, PROPOSALS. Judges vili, 1-3. And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. And he said unto them, What have I done now in compa rison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer? God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him when he had said that. Judges xi, 12, 13. And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land. And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthab, Because Israel took away my land when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. Judges xii, 1-3. And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and sai unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lond delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me. Judges xv, 9, 10. Then the Pыllistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. Judges xx, 13. Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjainin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of 18rael, 1 Sam. xi. 1, 2. Then Nanash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh sald unto Nabash, Make a covenant |